Finland
Vaaka buys Medbase as fund III approaches full deployment
The GP made the deal from its Buyout III fund
DevCo raises EUR 260m for fourth fund
Like its predecessors, DevCo IV will back a single asset operating in a niche international market
FSN sells EET to Pamplona in SBO
Pamplona Capital Management has agreed to acquire Nordic technology distributor EET Group from FSN Capital in a secondary buyout.
IK to buy Renta Group from Intera
Intera formed the construction machinery and equipment firm in 2015 via a three-company merger
GP Profile: Adelis steps up deal-making after latest fund close
Co-managing partner Jan У kesson and head of IR AdalbjУЖrn Stefansson speak to Unquote about the Nordic mid-market-focused GP's fundraise and deployment plans
CapMan Wealth Services forms Investment Partners Fund
EUR 90m fund will invest in cooperation with AlpInvest, backing US mid-market funds chosen by the GP
Lifeline Spac IPO oversubscribed, nets EUR 100m in proceeds
Lifeline will now start looking at high-growth technology companies to find a suitable target
CapMan sells Bright Group to Carlyle's NEP
CapMan acquired the event technology and equipment provider in 2011 via its ninth buyout fund
Tenzing hires Gottås ahead of Nordic expansion
Magnus GottУЅs will head the London-headquartered GP's sourcing of Nordic technology deals
3TS holds first close for Fund IV
Growth fund has a EUR 150m target and expects to announce its first investment shortly
Langholm winds up remaining assets in Verdane sale
Sale of WoolOvers, Purity Soft Drinks and Lumene sees Langholm wind up its remaining assets
CapMan takes ESG-linked facility for CapMan XI
Raiffeisen Bank International and Danske Bank have provided the capital call bridge facility
Axcel VI holds EUR 800m final close
Fund has made six platform investments and is around 30% larger than its EUR 617m predecessor
KKR opens office in Stockholm to step up Nordic activity
The office is the GP's ninth in EMEA, in addition to Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dublin, Luxembourg, London, Dubai and Riyadh
Klar to acquire Finnish installation company QMG
GP will merge QMG with its recently acquired Swedish portfolio company Sandbackens to create a new group
Sparkmind closes first Edtech fund on €55m
Vehicle will back up to 25 companies with up to тЌ5m in stages ranging from seed to series-B rounds
Intera Partners closes fourth fund at €335m
Fund will invest in the lower-mid-market space and target mainly Finnish and some Swedish businesses
Procuritas merges 12 IT companies to create Frendy
Procuritas will become the majority shareholder, while the founders of the companies will have a significant minority ownership of the merged entity
Nordic H1 VC and growth deal value at all-time high
Nordic venture capital and growth investment has recorded its highest aggregate deal value in the first six months of a year
Sentica buys Finnish workwear maker Dimex
Sentica is currently deploying its fifth buyout fund, which held a final close on its тЌ185m hard-cap in 2017
Verdane backs e-learning companies Eduhouse and Wistec
GP deploys equity from its SEK 6bn vehicle Verdane Capital X
Verdane invests in Finnish grocery company Fiksuruoka
GP is part of тЌ19m funding round for the company, in which existing investors of Fiksuruoka also took part
CapMan Growth, Mandatum Private Equity invest in Sofigate
Institutional investors own a little less than one-fifth of Sofigate, while employees and company founder own the rest.
Polaris launches flexible capital strategy with DKK 1bn fund
GP starts raising a DKK 1bn fund for the new strategy and plans to hold a first close after summer this year